Recordings

I keep my recording projects eclectic - I like doing all kinds of different things. I play the music I love, which means I’ve published recordings as a classical clarinetist, classical composer, a pop artist, a film score composer, and a gaming music composer.

Interested in collaborating? Send me an email at saladbarcl@gmail.com

Sali

Sali is the result of work I did at the Escape to Create Residency in Seaside, FL in February of 2022, and the music combines clarinet and bass clarinet with electronics. At its heart, the album is an exploration of identity. When I was a kid, the three most important men in my life (my grandpa, dad, and brother) all had the nickname “Sal” from our last name. For some reason, though, my nickname growing up was “Sali” instead. Was this because I was the creative one? Why did I of all people have the unique nickname? Am I unique? This album attempts to answer the question of: How am I different, and similar, to these people whom I deeply respect? [2023]

Study in place Live

Study in Place Live is a recording of a live performance by Rob Funkhouser and me, as part of Funkhouser’s exhibition at Tube Factory Artspace with Big Car Collaborative. The neoclassical and experimental album explores the idea of place, with loose themes of friction, water, and relationships to musical information. [2023]

Hellbender in the Blue

Hellbender in the Blue is an original soundtrack in conjunction with an award-winning short nature documentary by Teardrop Pictures LLC. [2022]

RPG Music Vol. 3

RPG Music Vol. 3 is the third release of my original gaming music compositions. This album features location-specific music for famous Dungeons & Dragons scenarios, like music for the Shadowfell. [2022]

Ignite

Ignite is a spoken word album made while I was Maker-in-Residence at Ignite Studio at the Hamilton East Public Library in Fishers, IN. Fragments of interviews with community members are set to music to tell a collective story. [2021]

Snag in the Plan

Snag in the Plan , was my first original soundtrack. This was for a documentary on Northern Long Ear Bats in the Hoosier National Forest funded by the Indiana Forest Alliance and the Indiana Arts Commission.
[2020]

Soul Search

Soul Search, with Centaur Records, was recorded at IUPUI. The album consists of classical solo clarinet with electronics. All pieces are original compositions
[2017]

ASIDE, BESIDE, SEASIDE, DECIDE.

Travel through time from the 20s to the new wave era. Featuring glam rock, post hardcore, country, and more. It's a wild ride, and I contributed gypsy jazz and experimental clarinet to Asides, Besides, Seasides, Decides with The Reverend VJ Thesis. [2020]

RPG Music Vol. 2

RPG Music Vol. 2 is the second release of my original gaming music compositions. These works have been used primarily in gaming podcasts, and were recorded in his home studio [2020]

Records for a Reason, Vol 1

Records for a Reason, Vol. 1, Side D: Bridge Over Troubled Water, with Beneficence Records, includes experimental clarinet + electronics cover of Simon & Garfunkel, recorded at Ball State University
[2018]

Beast of Bodmin Moor

Beast of Bodmin Moor, with Doug Bielmeier was an independent release album. I played on two tracks with freaky processed bass clarinet. It was recorded at IUPUI.
[2019]

Dragon Ballard, Vol. 1

Dragon Ballad, Vol. 1, with Phoenix Down RPG was an independent release including small ensemble classical video game music album. It was recorded in Eric Heidbreder's home studio in Chicago, and features some of my original compositions.
[2018]

Vol. 2 Tabletop Gaming Music

Vol. 2 Tabletop Gaming Music, with Phoenix Down RPG was an independent release, small ensemble classical video game music album. This was also recorded in Eric Heidbreder's home studio in Chicago, and features some of my original compositions.
[2019]